Trump on Alabama’s $4.15 billion bridge: ‘Name the damn thing after me’

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President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supporters of US President Donald Trump wait for him to speaks at a midterm campaign rally at The Mitchell Center of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama on October 2, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., listens as President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supporters of US President Donald Trump cheer as they wait for him to speaks at a midterm campaign rally at The Mitchell Center of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama on October 2, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Political activist Laura Loomer arrives for a campaign rally in the Mitchell Center at the University of South Alabama on October 02, 2026 in Mobile, Alabama. The rally is being held in Alabama's 1st Congressional District which was redrawn when the state redistricted earlier this year. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

People arrive before President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

People wave as the motorcade for U.S. President Donald Trump passes on its way to the University of South Alabama on October 02, 2026 in Mobile, Alabama. The rally is being held in Alabama's 1st Congressional District which was redrawn when the state redistricted earlier this year. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., speaks before President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., speaks before President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

US President Donald Trump greets Mayor of Mobile Spiro Cheriogotis as he steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Mobile International Airport in Mobile, Alabama on October 2, 2026. Trump is in Alabama to speak at a midterm campaign rally. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Congressional candidate Rhett Marques speaks before President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Jerry Carl, congressional candidate in Alabama's 1st congressional district, gestures before President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Senate candidate Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., speaks before President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., waves before President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Katherine Robertson, running for Alabama Attorney General, waves before President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Pastor Travis Johnson gives the invocation before President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Chair of the Alabama Republican Party Scott Stadthagen speaks before President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at The Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Supporters of President Donald Trump outside the Mitchel Center on The University of South Alabama in Mobile on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Will McLelland/Al.com)

Supporters of President Donald Trump outside the Mitchel Center on The University of South Alabama in Mobile on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Will McLelland/Al.com)

Supporters of President Donald Trump outside the Mitchel Center on The University of South Alabama in Mobile on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Will McLelland/Al.com)

Supporters of President Donald Trump outisde the Mitchel Center on The University of South Alabama in Mobile on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Will McLelland/Al.com)

President Donald Trump gestures from the stairs of Air Force One upon his departure at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Supporters of President Donald Trump outside the Mitchel Center on The University of South Alabama in Mobile on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Will McLelland/Al.com)

Supporters of President Donald Trump outisde the Mitchel Center on The University of South Alabama in Mobile on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Will McLelland/Al.com)

Protestors gather on the campus of the University of South Alabama ahead of President Donald Trump’s rally ahead of the midterm elections in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Will McLelland/AL.com)

Signs welcome President Donald Trump ahead of a rally with Alabama elected officials at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Ala., ahead of the midterm elections, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Will McLelland/AL.com)

A man tests the microphone ahead of President Donald Trump’s rally with Alabama elected officials at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Ala., ahead of the midterm elections, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Will McLelland/AL.com)

Protestors march along the campus of the University of South Alabama ahead of President Donald Trump’s rally ahead of the midterm elections in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Will McLelland/AL.com)

Protestors gather on the campus of the University of South Alabama ahead of President Donald Trump’s rally ahead of the midterm elections in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Will McLelland/AL.com)

Protestors march along the campus of the University of South Alabama ahead of President Donald Trump’s rally ahead of the midterm elections in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Will McLelland/AL.com)

Protestors march along the campus of the University of South Alabama ahead of President Donald Trump’s rally ahead of the midterm elections in Mobile, Ala., Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (Will McLelland/AL.com)

During President Donald Trump’s rally in Mobile Friday he floated the idea of naming the Mobile I-10 River Bridge and Bayway Project after himself.

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